Doha Three Diamond League records were set in
Doha during the opening competition of the series.
Allyson Felix of the United States won the women's
200 metres with a run of 21.98 seconds to equal
Veronica Campbell Brown's time which was set during the inaugural
2010 IAAF Diamond League season.
Jasmin Stowers, making her debut on the circuit, broke the women's
100 metres hurdles record with a time of 12.35 seconds – this raised her to seventh on the all-time rankings for the discipline. The third record of the evening came in the men's
triple jump: Cuba's
Pedro Pablo Pichardo became the first person to go beyond eighteen metres in series history, setting a
national record and Diamond League best of . This placed him third on the all-time lists for the sport behind
Jonathan Edwards and
Kenny Harrison. The reigning Olympic champion,
Christian Taylor, was runner-up and moved himself up to fourth on the all-time lists with a mark of , making the contest the first in history to feature two men going beyond eighteen metres. Among the other results,
Justin Gatlin of the United States became the fifth fastest man in the history of the
100 metres with his winning time of 9.74 seconds (bettering the world record of 9.77 seconds he set in 2006, which was annulled due to a failed doping test).
Shanghai Almaz Ayana of Ethiopia gave the stand-out performance at the Shanghai Diamond League by running the third fastest women's
5000 metres of all time, finishing in 14:14.32 minutes for a Diamond League record.
Mutaz Essa Barshim defeated
Bohdan Bondarenko in the men's
high jump with a meeting record and world-leading mark of . In addition to these two performances, there were four other world-leading marks set during the competition:
Silas Kiplagat (men's 1500 m),
Jairus Kipchoge Birech (men's steeplechase),
Gong Lijiao (women's shot put) and
Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou (women's pole vault). Kyriakopoulou's vault of was also a
Greek record. Aside from Gong,
Lü Huihui was China's only other home nation victor, and her winning mark of from the women's
javelin throw was also a meeting record.
Eugene Renaud Lavillenie continued the streak of Diamond League records by winning the men's
pole vault with a mark of , raising him to joint second on the all-time outdoor lists. Wind and temperature conditions suited the sprinting events.
Justin Gatlin won the men's
200 metres in a world lead 19.68 seconds, while
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won the women's
100 metres in another world lead of 10.81 seconds, sharing that time with
Murielle Ahouré. Six women ran under 10.9 seconds that day, and China's
Su Bingtian became the first man of Asian descent to break the
10-second barrier in the 100 m.
Mutaz Essa Barshim continued his high jump streak with a meet record and world lead of , while
Caterine Ibargüen extended her undefeated run to 24
triple jump competitions.
Genzebe Dibaba attempted to top Almaz Ayana's
5000 metres run from Shanghai: although she came up short, her winning time of 14:19.76 was the fifth fastest ever run for the distance. A total of thirteen world-leading marks and six meet records were set at the two-day competition.
Rome A total of five world leading marks were set at the
Golden Gala. Ethiopian male distance runners provided two of these, with
Mohamed Aman winning the 800 m in 1:43.56 minutes and 17-year-old
Yomif Kejelcha taking his first Diamond race victory in the 5000 m with the first sub-13-minute run of the season.
Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi, also in her first Diamond race win, took the women's steeplechase in 9:15.08 minutes (a personal best by more than six seconds). The more experienced
Ruth Beitia topped the women's high jump with a clearance of – the 36-year-old Spaniard became the oldest woman to jump over that height. American
Jennifer Simpson became the first woman under four minutes for the 1500 m that year. Two meeting records were bettered in Rome.
Justin Gatlin knocked one hundredth off
Usain Bolt's 2012 time with 9.75 seconds in the men's 100 m.
Pedro Pablo Pichardo took down two much longer-standing marks in the men's triple jump with his jump of :
Jonathan Edwards 1998 meet record and also
Khristo Markov's 1987 stadium record, which was the winning mark of the
1987 World Championships in Athletics. A strong women's 100 m hurdles field was notable for high-profile failures: Olympic champion
Sally Pearson fell heavily and was injured, world champion
Brianna Rollins clashed a hurdle and fell, and world leader
Jasmin Stowers also hit a hurdle heavily and walked to the finish. Another world lead and African record came in the non-standard 300 m sprint as
Wayde van Niekerk won in 31.63 seconds.
Sandra Perković was the only athlete to set a meeting record, doing so in the women's discus with a mark of , improving on former Olympic champion
Ellina Zvereva's 13-year-old record.
Oslo In poor weather conditions, there were few record performances in Oslo.
Genzebe Dibaba fell short in her 5000 m world record attempt, although her winning time of 14:21.29 minutes was still the seventh fastest ever recorded at that point. The sole world-leading performance of the evening was
Kaliese Spencer's 400 m hurdles win in 54.15 seconds. This brought the Jamaican to twelve points in the Diamond race.
Caterine Ibargüen also reached twelve points, extending her three-year unbeaten run. No men were left unbeaten in their Diamond race due to two unexpected victories. A men's high jump billed as a contest between
Mutaz Essa Barshim,
Bohdan Bondarenko and
Ivan Ukhov saw all finish outside the top two, as China's
Zhang Guowei had his first Diamond League victory and
Marco Fassinotti equalled the
Italian record of .
Robert Urbanek ousted his fellow Pole
Piotr Małachowski to prevent him from taking three straight wins in the men's discus. In the absence of Diamond race leader
Kirani James,
Steven Gardiner broke the men's 400 m streak and took his first Diamond League win. The greatest upset of the night came through
Laura Muir in the women's 1500 m. The Briton built up a 40-metre lead to have her first major circuit win ahead of the more favoured
Abeba Aregawi.
Marharyta Dorozhon was another first time winner, achieving the feat in the women's javelin in an
Israeli record of . The only other national record of the meet was a
Belgian one of 3:51.84 minutes in the 1500 m by
Pieter-Jan Hannes.
Asbel Kiprop had his fourth career win at the Bislett
Dream Mile, which was in its 50th anniversary.
New York As in Oslo, poor weather meant only one world-leading mark was recorded in New York:
Francena McCorory improved the women's 400 m time to 49.86 seconds – also a meeting record. The women's field events provided two more meeting records:
Christabel Nettey's clearance of brought her her first long jump win on the circuit, while
Ruth Beitia and
Blanka Vlašić were both clear at for a women's high jump record.
Ajeé Wilson brought an end to
Eunice Jepkoech Sum's run in the women's 800 m and
Sandra Perković became the first athlete of the series to gather four straight wins. In a non-Diamond race,
Usain Bolt extended his unbeaten record in the 200 m, although his winning margin was narrow and his time over a second off his best.
Wayde van Niekerk took the men's 400 m in a
South African record time.
Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou of Greece also set a national record, but her pole vault clearance of left her second to
Fabiana Murer on count-back.
Paris Six world leading marks were established in Paris.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's 100 m in 10.74 was also a meeting record, as was
Jairus Kipchoge Birech's steeplechase victory in 7:58.83.
Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou's women's pole vault world lead also equalled the Diamond League record of and improved her
Greek record.
Eunice Sum (800 m),
Orlando Ortega (110 m hurdles) and
Silas Kiplagat (1500 m) were the others to set world leads.
Genzebe Dibaba and
Almaz Ayana were both short again in a women's 5000 m world record attempt, although Genzebe's winning time of 14:15.21 was a new meet record. Three continental records were set at the meet:
Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa ran an
African record of 43.96 for the men's 400 m, France's
Jimmy Vicaut was runner-up to
Asafa Powell in the men's 100 m but equalled the
European record at 9.86, while
Evan Jager of the United States set a men's steeplechase
record for the NACAC region. Jager did so despite a fall to the track at the last hurdle – a mistake that cost him the win over Birech and a certain sub-8 performance.
David Storl's shot put of was another meet record and the best by a European since 1988. The women's steeplechase record was bettered by
Virginia Nyambura, while
Keshorn Walcott set a
Trinidad and Tobago national record and meet record of in the men's javelin.
Yaime Pérez had her first ever Diamond League win and in doing so brought an end to
Sandra Perković's unbeaten streak in the women's discus throw. Nearly six seconds behind her,
Sifan Hassan set a
Dutch record and
Shannon Rowbury ran a
North American record. One other Diamond League record was improved that evening, by
Joe Kovacs in the men's shot put whose throw of moved him to eighth on the all-time lists and was the best throw recorded in over a decade. Though not a Diamond race, the men's 1500 m saw
Asbel Kiprop move up to third on the all-time lists with a run of 3:26.69 minutes. A total of six meeting records were broken –
Habiba Ghribi's 9:11.28 in the women's steeplechase, Christian Taylor's men's triple jump, and
Justin Gatlin's 9.78 in the men's 100 m, were the other three marks addition to the above-mentioned performances. A total of eight world-leading performances were recorded.
Amel Tuka (men's 800 m) and
Candyce McGrone (women's 200 m) both won their first Diamond League races in personal bests, with Tuka improving over a second and a half in three races in July, breaking his own
Bosnia and Herzegovina record and becoming the 11th fastest performer of all time. ==References==